WANCHAI GOVERNMENT CLINIC
Perspective Drawing of the Projected Building.
commence building itself, the car park, and departments.
WORK will soon
the new Government the sloping area behind the car
Tuberculosis Physiotherapy and park which will be turfed and car park to the Dental Clinic in Kennedy Road, planted. The Wanchai, and it is hoped that south of the building will accom- it will be ready
ready for service modate about 12 cars.
at the end of this year. This Because the new clinic has been
The layout of the clinic was to a large extent governed by the type of patients expected to make use of it, and by the limitations of the boundaries. It was neces- sary to put the Physiotherapy
new building has been plan designed to accommodate large Department on the ground floor ned to replace the existing clinic numbers of out-patients, particu- for the convenience of physically at the Harcourt Centre, but apart lar attention was given to the pro- handicapped patients, and the re- from being of more modern design blem of maintaining a smooth and maining area on this floor was it will offer additional facilities continuous circulation of visitors only big enough to accommodate for the physiotherapy treatment through the various departments. the X-Ray Department.
of hospital patients.
To accomplish this purpose a con-
one-way
traffic system The T.B. Clinic on the first floor The site lies to the west of Ken- tinuous
a separate entrance nedy Road, just behind the Eng- will be maintained wherever pos- will have lish Methodist Church, which is sible. It is expected that in the with an easy flight of stairs to the In order to reduce located at the junction of Kennedy mornings an average of 300 people waiting hall.
the T.B. Clinic for cross traffic, a second exit stair- Road and Queen's Road East. The will visit the
will be provided leading site is irregularly shaped and medical inspection, and in the case covers an area of approximately afternoons from 100 to 150 will either to Kennedy Road, or to the one third of an acre. The ground call for medicines and from 50 to X-Ray slopes from the high level of the 60 for treatment.
Department should the patient be instructed to go there for further X-Ray examination.
Advantage was taken of the steep fall in the ground to form a
road at the front to the lower level The main block of the building of Hing Wan Street and the lane will run approximately north and at the rear of the proposed build south on the site with a small ing; the site also slopes from south wing at the southern end extend- basement consisting of store to north with the gradient of
ing out to the roadway. There rooms for medical equipment and Kennedy Road.
will be three floors in addition to supplies, quarters for a watch- It is interesting to note that part the basement. The ground floor man, and a small lecture room for of the site was once a section of will accommodate the Physio-
the use of the Physiotherapy De- Kennedy Road prior to the road therapy and X-Ray Departments; partment. Entrance to the stores being straightened at this point. the first floor
first floor will house the
will house the will be through a sub-basement Site formation involved the diver- Tuberculosis Clinic and most of opening onto Hing Wan Street. sion of main sewers, the demoli- the second floor will be occupied The main floors of the building tion of the existing retaining wall, by the Dental Clinic. There will will cover an area of approximate- and cutting and filling to the re- be three main entrances each pro- ly 5,800 square feet. On the quired levels for the site of the viding direct access to one of the ground floor, the Physiotherapy
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